Newspaper Changes And News

The Rock River Farmer is a new agricultural monthly, published at Dixon, 111. Price, $1 per annum.

Sloan's Architectural Review is a failure, having suspended last November.

The Western Gardener, through a fire and the burning of its office, has lost its subscription books, causing considerable trouble in mailing numbers to its subscribers. The publishers request all who notice this fact to write and send their names at once to them for correct entry upon a new book.

Our Home Journal, a new Illustrated Agricultural and Home Weekly, from New Orleans, $3 per annum.

Tennessee Agriculturist, McMinnville, Tenn., weekly, $2.50 per annum.

Newtown Pippin

Highly commended generally, but Gen. Worthington and several others found it speck with them. On sandy soils not generally good, also on Beech clay soils at the north. Professor Mather thought it was good only on limestone soils. General Worthingion thought this and some other old kinds are losing their health and vitality. Recommended with several dissents.

Newtown Spitzenberg

Very highly approved at Cincinnati, and also in other parts of the State wherever known, for table and for market Recommended.

Next Meeting, American Pomologicnl Society

Western Horticulturists are already discussing the place for holding the meeting of the American Pomological Society in 1875, and Chicago is unanimously commended as the most fitting place. We approve the choice.

Niagara County Agricultural Society

President, Franklin Spalding, Lewiston; Vice-President, O. P. Knapp, Lockport; Secretary, P.D. Walter, Lockport; Treasurer, E. O. Holt, Lockport; Directors, Wm. Robinson, Royalton, Philip Freeman, Royalton, Daniel Bosserman, Lockport, D. A. Van Valkubugh, Lockport, Alexander Campbell, Newfane, Thomas Scovell, Cambria.

The Night Blooming Cerent

Four buds of a night-blooming cereus in a conservatory in Trenton, New Jersey, gave indications, a few weeks ago, of sudden flowering. So marked was this, that between morning and evening of one day the buds actually grew four inches in length. Such a rapid enlargement naturally excited the interest of the owner, and a few friends were invited to witness the unfolding of these strange blossoms. At ten o'clock at night the unsightly plant still held the buds in durance close; but at eleven there was a mysterious movement, a sort of struggle for deliverance, and four mag-nificent beauties suddenly expanded into floral life, sending out such volumes of rich perfume that the spectators were oppressed by its superabundance. Before the morning dawned every fair blossom had drooped, shriveled, and died. Not the slightest trace of them remained, not a vestige of form or fragrance lingered - all had vanished as a dream.

Night-Scented Stock

Jas. Spark. We have not seen that delightfully sweet plant, "Matheola tristts," or night-scented stock, for years. In a visit to England we found it in almost every green-house. On referring to three or four catalogues of our best growers, we do not see it. Can any of our correspondents inform us where it is to be met with? Its fragrance in the evening is most exquisite, and it is of the easiest culture.